Global Patent Index - EP 3457025 A1

EP 3457025 A1 20190320 - AUTOMOTIVE HEADLIGHT

Title (en)

AUTOMOTIVE HEADLIGHT

Title (de)

KRAFTFAHRZEUGSCHEINWERFER

Title (fr)

PHARE DE VÉHICULE AUTOMOBILE

Publication

EP 3457025 A1 20190320 (EN)

Application

EP 18193528 A 20180910

Priority

JP 2017173953 A 20170911

Abstract (en)

An automotive headlight includes: a light source for emitting light; a polarization beam splitter for receiving a light flux from the light source, and dividing the light flux into a first polarization and a second polarization; a liquid crystal element disposed to receive the first polarization and the second polarization, divided by the polarization beam splitter; a phase shifter disposed on optical axis of one of the first polarization and the second polarization, and aligning polarization axis directions of the first polarization and the second polarization; and an output side polarizer disposed on output side of the liquid crystal element, wherein illumination regions corresponding to respective control electrodes in the liquid crystal element can be controlled to shield light.

IPC 8 full level

F21S 41/20 (2018.01); F21S 41/64 (2018.01)

CPC (source: CN EP US)

F21S 41/285 (2017.12 - EP US); F21S 41/30 (2017.12 - US); F21S 41/645 (2017.12 - CN EP US); G02B 27/283 (2013.01 - CN US); G02B 27/286 (2013.01 - CN); G02F 1/133528 (2013.01 - CN); G02F 1/13363 (2013.01 - CN); G02F 1/133548 (2021.01 - CN); G02F 1/133638 (2021.01 - CN)

Citation (applicant)

Citation (search report)

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

BA ME

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 3457025 A1 20190320; CN 109491100 A 20190319; CN 109491100 B 20220624; JP 2019050134 A 20190328; JP 6952541 B2 20211020; US 10571090 B2 20200225; US 2019078749 A1 20190314

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 18193528 A 20180910; CN 201811056439 A 20180911; JP 2017173953 A 20170911; US 201816125676 A 20180908